Wow... Haven't written here in a VERY long time... I've said it before and Ill say it again.. I need to write more.   Not sure where I left off in my life with that post but we live in LA I work in a fashion company and its nice BUT I NEED OUT.

I signed a contract with a company back up in the bay and we are HERE looking for a new place to move back to!  Jen is pregnant with our second little one, potentially getting a directors position with MDA, Connor is getting big and turning into an amazing little person that makes us laugh every day (and cry).  I couldn't be happier.   I feel like everything we've worked for is coming together, like life is paying off for us.  Not that it hasn't in the past but I feel good and optimistic for the first time in a long time... like we have direction.

Im sitting in an apartment in Oakland right now getting ready for bed and ready for a weekend to start looking for places tomorrow.... I am all grins.

There is something about this place.. something about Oakland and the Bay that makes me happy... there is something that even Jen said, "its like you are you and I am me here, its like we are Jen and Jimmy here"...

There is something about a palce that you cant really put your finger on that makes a place a home... the smell, the grit, the memories... etc.  Its a soup of feelings, experiences, of memories, of sites, of smells, etc... I feel at ease here, like nothing can go wrong here. This is our home.


I love this place for all that it is, and all that it has made me.  I love it for its stink, for its dirt, and for the parks and the trees, the clean air, and the memories.  I met the beautiful women that I would eventually spend the rest of my life with, we were married here, we had our first beautiful child here, I grew up here, I became a man here and I want the same for my children.  I know a lot of people wont be able to understand this but this IS my home, its my families home.  Its the place we belong... Dear Oakland... Thank you and I've missed you sooo damn much!